$69,081
Raised of $70,605
Team CADASIL
Team Profile
Team participating in 2025 Million Dollar Bike Ride
Captained by Pedro de Lencastre
Fundraise for Cadasil Research!
In the past few years, Team CADASIL has raised over $600,000 for Cadasil researchers through the Million Dollar Bike Ride. The funds enable researchers to conduct studies and collect preliminary data, which can lead to larger grants and future clinical trials. This is vital for developing treatments and understanding the natural history of CADASIL.
Learn more at https://curecadasil.org/
CADASIL is a rare, autosomal dominant genetic disorder caused by a mutation of the NOTCH3 gene on the 19th chromosome. Hallmark symptoms of CADASIL may include: recurrent strokes, cognitive impairment, migraine with aura, and psychiatric disturbances. These symptoms are caused by damage to small blood vessels, especially those within the brain. The specific symptoms and severity of the disorder can vary greatly among affected individuals, even among members of the same family. Despite this variability, most individuals (approximately three out of four patients) experience recurrent stroke or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), beginning at 40-50 years of age. CADASIL affects all races and both genders equally, each child of a parent with CADASIL has a 50% chance of having the disorder.
CADASIL is an acronym that stands for:
(C)erebral - relating to the brain
(A)utosomal (D)ominant - a form of inheritance in which one copy of an abnormal gene is necessary for the development of a disorder
(A)rteriopathy - disease of the arteries (blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart)
(S)ubcortical - relating to specific areas of the brain supplied by deep small blood vessels
(I)nfarcts - tissue loss in the brain caused by lack of blood flow to the brain, which occurs when circulation through the small arteries is severely reduced or interrupted
(L)eukoencephalopathy - lesions in the brain white matter caused by the disease and observed on MRI.
Team Members 21
Team Nurse Suzy-Q
Christina Malbon
Pedro de Lencastre
Jeff Simmons
Adrienne Farrell
Donations 128
Organizations participating in the 2025 Million Dollar Bike Ride will receive the funds raised by their team. Your donation plays a pivotal role, allowing organizations to not only support rare disease research, but make a direct impact on patients and families in their rare disease community. Thank you!
Million Dollar Bike Ride is coordinated by Penn Medicine's Orphan Disease Center. Funds from the 2025 Million Dollar Bike Ride are being distributed to teams through partnership with rare-disease nonprofit, Uplifting Athletes.